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' HENRY D. GARDY, OF CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOTAYLOR CQBURK, OF SAME PLACE.

RouNDABoUT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 527,962, dated October23, 1894..

Application ledl'une 14, 1894. Serial No. 514,581. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern/.f

Be it known that l, HENRY D. GARDY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chester, in the county of Delaware and State of Penn-Sylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRoundabouts; andl do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to ro which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates broadly, to the classV or kind of rotating orrevolving pleasure car- A riages commonly known as round-abouts ormerry-gorounds. The object of myinvention is to produce a device of thekind referred to, in which the conveyances for passengers will be in theform of boats which will be solely supported on the water, andsoattached that they will have a free motion of the water whereby theywill rise and fall and have motion similar to the motion of the waves asthey are moved in the water. t

A further object is to provide a buffer or z5 buers on each boat toobviate jerking to the boats in starting. y

A further object is to provide means which will prevent accidentaltipping of the boats; and with these objects in view my inventionconsists further of the parts and combination of parts as will behereinafter more fully set out.

In the drawings: Figure l is a top plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 isa vertical section on the line X-X Fig. 1, parts being broken away. Fig.3 is a detail view.

A represents a tank adapted to receive and hold water; A', the inlet forsaid tank; a, the outlet, and a the man hole, at the bottom of said tankwhich is used only when it becomes necessary to empty the tank and cleanit.

A2 is a suitable platform built around the tank for the convenience ofpassengers.

B' are standards of a suitable truss work or support.

b is a cross bar secured between two of the standards B', and providedwith a journal bearing b', to be hereinafter referred to. This trusswork or brace is secured, in a suit- 5o able manner, in the center ofthe tank A.

Extending upward from the center of the brace B is a suitable shaft b2.

C is a crown wheel journaled on the shaft b2, and provided with suitableshort arms c, each having an aperture or opening near its outer end. Dis a suitable shaft journaled in the bearing b and in a suitable bearingat its outer end. d is a suitable cogior gear wheel secured to the innerend of said shaft and 6o adapted to mesh with the crown wheel C. d is acog or gear wheel secured to the outer end of said shaft.

.cl2 is a cog wheel suitably mounted and prot vided with a crank arm d3and d4 is a driving 65 belt or chain connecting the cog or gear wheel dand d2. p

E represents suitable arms secured to the short armsc, by means ofsuitable pins or bolts e, in such a mannerthat the connection 7o betweenthe .two arms will be a hinge like connection. The arms E are providedwith eyes e located about their center, while they are also providedwith an eye e2 in their extreme outer end. e3 are braces each providedwith 75 `an eye e4 on one end, which engages the eye e on the arms E,while the other end is bent to form a hook e5.

F are the boats for carrying passengers.

F are suitable seats, whichI have shown 8o as slatted, this form beingdesirable from the fact that any water spilled on them will more readilyrun off. t l

f are staples or rings secured in one side of each boat in which thehooks e5 of the 85 braces e3 are secured, thus preventing the boat fromaccidental tipping.

f' are short rods extending from the bow and stern of the boat andprovided with a head f2, which may be either a screw cap, or 9o anyother suitable construction.

f3 are buffer springs coiled around the rods f on each side of the armsE. These spring buers f3 obviate the jerk to the boats incident tostarting and stopping the machinery and to a certain extent relieve themachinery from strain.

It will be readily understood from the above that the only strain (if itcan be called such) upon the arms C is that incident to pulling the rooboat through the water, as the hinge connected between the arms eand Eand the swivel connections betweenthe boat and arms E will throw theentire weight of the boat and its occupants on the water, no matter howheavily the boat is loaded. This is an important point in this class ofround-abouts,n as it has been found in other constructions, where thearms propelling the boats are rigidly secured and the boats more or lessrigidly secured to the arms, that the arms frequently break o, and theboats carry more than a certain amount of Weight.

It is obvious that the device may be operated by any motive power founddesirable.

Should the boats become filled or partly so, with water, the hooks e5are disengaged from the staples or rings f. Thus they may be turned onthe swivel connections until the water is all out, when they arereturned to their proper positions and the hooks e5 are replaced in theringsf.

The entire apparatus is preferably located below the surface of thewater, excepting the outer ends of the arms E and braces e3 which aresecured to the boat.

The operation being obvious it is deemed unnecessary to describe it.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a cheap, simple,effective device of the character described and one that is light andportable.

It is obvious that slight changes may be made in the parts andcombinations of parts without departing from the spirit of my inventionand hence I would have it understood that I do not confine myselfstrictly to the construction described.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a roundabout the combination with the foundation, power mechanismsecured thereto, and arms extending from said mechanism, of boats, abolt or pin projecting from the bow and stern of the same, to which thearms are loosely secured, and a spring coiled around said bolt or pin oneach side of the said arms. v l

2.'In a roundabout the combination with power mechanism, of al crownwheel, arms hinged to and extending from said wheel, braces having ahooked end and loosely secured to said arms, and a boat swiveled to saidarms and provided with staples or rings in one side, in which the bracesare adapted to hook whereby the boats are free to take the motion of thewater.

3. In a roundabout the combination with a tank, of a brace or truss workforming a foundation in the center of said tank, a crown wheel journaledon said foundation, short arms projecting from and integral with thecrown wheel, of long arms hinged or pivoted to said short arms, bracesloosely secured to said long arms, a boat having a swivel connectionwith said long arms, and provided with staples or rings in its side, inwhich the braces secured to the long arms hook, a journal bearingsecured to the foundation, a shaft journaled therein, a cog or gearwheel secured to each end of the shaft, one of which meshes with thecrown wheel, while the other engages with a cog or gear Wheel by meansof a belt or chain, and asuitable motor connected with the last namedcog or gear wheel, all combined and operating substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I atx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY D. GARDY.

Witnesses: I

CHARLES PALMER, W. HINKsoN.

